NYT Connections hints and answers for Monday, May 18 (game #1072)

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Sun, 17 May 2026 23:00:00 +0000

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Looking for NYT Connections answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, plus my commentary on the puzzles.

FULL STORY ======================================================================Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Threads Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter Looking for a different day? A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for Sunday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Sunday, May 17 (game #1071) . Good morning! Let's play Connections, the NYT's clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need Connections hints. What should you do once you've finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I've also got daily Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too, while Marc's Wordle today page covers the original viral word game. SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers. Latest Videos From
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Connections today (game #1072) - today's words (Image credit: New York Times) Today's NYT Connections words are WIKI POP SPLIT PADRE PRE LUMP BLOW CHEAP EARP PEAR CRACK ROYAL RED PAIR TWIN PARE NYT Connections today (game #1072) - hint #1 - group hints What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: Soundalikes GREEN: Break apart BLUE: Baseball stars PURPLE: Edible
mix Need more clues?

We're firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four theme answers are for today's NYT Connections puzzles Get daily insight, inspiration and deals in your inbox Sign up for breaking news, reviews, opinion, top tech deals, and more. Contact me with news and offers from other Future brands Receive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors By submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over. NYT Connections today (game #1072) - hint #2 - group answers What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: HOMOPHONES GREEN: RUPTURE BLUE: MLB PLAYER
PURPLE: FRUIT ANAGRAMS Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM. Today's best Get Better At Wordle
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more We check over 250 million products every day for the best prices NYT Connections today (game #1072) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times) The answers to today's Connections, game #1072, are YELLOW: HOMOPHONES PAIR, PARE, PEAR, PRE GREEN: RUPTURE BLOW, CRACK, POP, SPLIT BLUE: MLB PLAYER
PADRE, RED, ROYAL, TWIN PURPLE: FRUIT ANAGRAMS CHEAP, EARP, LUMP, WIKI My rating: Hard My score: Perfect PEAR, PARE, PRE, and PAIR immediately felt
like a trap, especially as PARE and SPLIT are similar words. I was not 100% sure, though, so I decided to leave all four alone.

Spotting that EARP was an anagram of PEAR I set out to see what other FRUIT ANAGRAMS I could spot and was rewarded with a purple first.

After this triumph, I decided to go for it and risk pairing all those pairs. Not a trick after all. Oh what games Connections plays with us. Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Sunday, May 17, game #1071) YELLOW: CONDUIT DUCT, LINE, MAIN, PIPE GREEN: SWINDLE FLEECE, HOSE, SQUEEZE, STIFF BLUE: TEA-MAKING VERBS BOIL, POUR, STEEP, STRAIN PURPLE: "SCHOOL" MODIFIERS GRADE, GRAMMAR, HIGH, PRIMARY What is NYT Connections?

NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green
is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough and purple usually very difficult.

On the plus side, you don't technically need to solve the final one, as
you'll be able to answer that one by a process of elimination. What's more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room.

It's a little more involved than something like Wordle, however, and there
are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For instance, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise the answers.

It's playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.



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